Category: Special Feature
2025 Nebraska Cattlemen Convention
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor More than 500 Nebraska cattle producers and others gathered Dec. 10-12, 2025, in Kearney, for the 2025 Nebraska Cattlemen
Shannon Standley Celebrating 40 Years at TCFA
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Cattle feeders can be as hard-headed, hard-driving and opinionated as anyone in the beef business. It comes naturally. Thankfully, for
The Big Apple Loves Beef Beef Council Key to Love Affair
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor One of New York City’s greatest marvels is the gargantuan Grand Central Terminal. It sees close to 750,000 people daily.
Kansas Livestock Association Annual Convention
Photos courtesy Kansas Livestock Association More than 700 Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) members and industry stakeholders attended the 2025 KLA Convention & Expo, Nov. 19-21, 2025, in Manhattan. The three-day event
The Generational Drive to Get Better Trust the Science Behind Genetic Selection, but Follow Your Instincts
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor The cattle business, as those of you reading this are fully aware, can be tough. It can be hard physically.
TCFA Convention Confers in Cowtown Issues Galore to Consider
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor With strong but jittery cattle markets, the border closed to Mexican cattle, more New World screwworm (NWS) threats, the government
ALERT AGRI DISTRIBUTORS CELEBRATES 40-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor I was on a list with several people who received an email from my friend Harvey Dann on Oct. 29.
GET A GRIPP! Contestants Share $900,000 Payout at Memorial Roping
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor In its traditional form, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping Committee in Hereford, Texas, staged one of the nation’s largest
Gearing Up to Hunt Down a Possible Screwworm Incursion Screwworm flies are moving north. Is it only a matter of time?
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor It’s very likely that it’s not a matter of if but when screwworm flies cross the southern border and make
PLATTE VALLEY SADDLE SHOP
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Somewhere north of 3,000. That’s a big number. It’s a bit shadowed by time but seems accurate enough. It’s